I’ve played music a long long time
Collected hundreds of memories
over 56 years
Precious memories
Funny ones
Good friendships
If there are painful memories
I’ve forgotten them already
This is a big big memory:
A milestone
My first foursome
One night only
First year of college
Coffee house
Jesus people
Darkness
Candles maybe
Steinway grand,
Finest keys I ever played
Seemed 20 feet long in the darkness
One Don on bass
Improvising, harmonic, inventive
Another Don drumming
Intuitive, clever, a natural
Doug on Hagstrom guitar
Listening, riffing, complementing
Never before had I played with four
Weren’t we all stunned?
Weren’t we all transfixed?
It felt like magic
It sounded like heaven
or its musical equivalent
Wow!
A door was opened
And we all walked through it
never to return
A beautiful musical moment
A connection
The only night ever
with that particular foursome
The Night.
I assume this would be Hicks, Ingersoll, Hicks & Spearman?
ReplyDeleteOh, yes, I wish you'd been there. Maybe you had a similar experience when you first played with four?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Gary!
ReplyDeleteThanks Karl,
ReplyDeleteHope you and Elaine are doing well.
Did you enjoy Creation?